Word: citizens
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...complete submission of her stubborn people, that not by the torch nor by the sword may Belgium be avenged. For that there is no atonement. The burning of every German city and the death of every man who defends his invaded country would not bring back one murdered Belgian citizen, would not uprear one razed hamlet, would not make clean...
...Another reason for buying it is that as a citizen you will feel more strongly about your country, if you put your earnings into...
...Both Houses of Congress having accepted the principle of the citizen's liability to service, and being about to apply this principle in legislation for the raising of troops, the majority of citizens who have not given this subject serious consideration are apt to feel that the question is permanently settled...
...mature deliberation, any thoughtful citizen will realize 'that the legislation now pending in Congress is but the first surrender of the outposts of the forces which have so long condemned this country to the reckless waste and criminal mortality of the volunteer system...
...from that vast aggregation which is now rendered by law liable to draft. That is a proportion of one in twenty. If anyone, having reached within the last ten years that age which presumes to manhood, is fearful of undertaking those duties which he, as a courageous and honorable citizen, owes his nation, he may allay his fears for the time. The chances are nineteen to one against unwilling individuals being taken. Such over-whelming odds do not even partake of the adventure which hinges to a sporting chance...